. Diversity of power generation, distribution to individuals and away from central power plants and power conservation is our way forward.
Category: Science
Hookah 2/11/21
attorneys will leave out key pieces of evidence, include things that may or may not be relevant, and other tricks. If you want to see these games in action, they’re being performed every day this week in the impeachment trial.
Studies 2/10/21
Today the vaccines are becoming more readily available, and some professions (such as educators like me) are going to be required to get the vaccination soon. So, even if I believe I had the real injection, how can I prove it? Beyond that, if I got the placebo, how do I know I still need it?
Residual Entropy 1/26/21
“Residual entropy” is the concept that even as we reduce the entropy of a system, there is always some entropy left over that we can never completely dispense. One example is wrinkles in a piece of paper once it’s been crumpled.
Blind spot 1/10/21
the brain simply “fills in” the missing information. In other words, our brain actually hides our blind spot from us
Weight 12/28/20
While the physical weight we lift is often shockingly large, there are less obvious weights that we also carry.
Measurements 12/15/20
As the city was being built, the town government set a law that said any road must have a minimum width such that two horses traveling in opposite directions could pass which is the standard width of a car. Well, obviously this is not dissimilar to the width of a chariot pulled by two horses.
National Mole Day 10/23/20
physics and mathematics are more fundamental sciences (mathematics more fundamental than physics if you wish to know the order), chemistry applies to all matter, that is, the stuff that makes up plants and animals, planets and stars, rocks and soil
What a Day 10/1/20
going to sound odd, and you might think it’s a snooze but it sure is exciting to me.
Teaching Results 9/29/20
One of the main problems with teaching is that, although I very much wish to make a difference, there usually is little evidence that I actually do.